.TH std::experimental::filesystem::path::parent_path 3 "2024.06.10" "http://cppreference.com" "C++ Standard Libary"
.SH NAME
std::experimental::filesystem::path::parent_path \- std::experimental::filesystem::path::parent_path

.SH Synopsis
   path parent_path() const;  (filesystem TS)

   Returns the path to the parent directory. Returns empty path if empty() or there's
   only a single element in the path (begin() == --end()).

   The resulting path is constructed by appending all elements in a range
   [begin(), --end()) to an empty path.

.SH Parameters

   \fI(none)\fP

.SH Return value

   The path to the parent directory.

.SH Exceptions

   May throw implementation-defined exceptions.

.SH Example


// Run this code

 #include <experimental/filesystem>
 #include <iostream>
 namespace fs = std::experimental::filesystem;

 int main()
 {
     for (fs::path p : {"/var/tmp/example.txt", "/", "/var/tmp/."})
         std::cout << "The parent path of " << p
                   << " is " << p.parent_path() << '\\n';
 }

.SH Possible output:

 The parent path of "/var/tmp/example.txt" is "/var/tmp"
 The parent path of "/" is ""
 The parent path of "/var/tmp/." is "/var/tmp"

.SH See also


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